My deepest condolences to Rick, Richard and Mary and family, Lisa and family, Michael and Siobhan and family, Gloria and Terry, Mary Frances, Lawrence and Silvia and Rick's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In 2005 Sylvia and I connected by phone, and I followed up shortly thereafter by visiting Mississippi for the first time from California. Sylviaand Rick welcomed me so warmly! Sylvia and I were double second cousins as our grandfathers were brothers and our grandmothers were sisters. Over the course of the following years we visited and stayed in each other's homes, and shared a villa near Florence in 2013. I will always cherish Sylvia as a warm and loving lady, and will greatly miss our telephone chats.
